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NLFoodie and other bakers
Every year I do a plain New York Cheesecake with a graham Cracker crust. I can't get Graham crackers here. My mom or MIL will bring some over here when they come. My mom arrives on Christmas Day, but we will be doing so much baking that the cheesecake needs to be made the night before. Last night, I went to by a replacement cookie that was suggested for Australians when making a New York Cheesecake. I couldn't find it in the store. So I think I'm going to do an Oreo cookie crust.
How would you do it? Would you separate each cookie and scrap the cream out then crush and combine it with butter? Would you bake the crust a bit before pouring the cheesecake filling? The original recipe doesn't call for baking the Graham cracker crust. TIA!
How would you do it? Would you separate each cookie and scrap the cream out then crush and combine it with butter? Would you bake the crust a bit before pouring the cheesecake filling? The original recipe doesn't call for baking the Graham cracker crust. TIA!
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Re: NLFoodie and other bakers
I've never done an oreo crust, but here's what I know about the chemistry of cookie crusts:
You take a dry cookie and add a grease/liquid (melted butter) to make it stick together, you then bake it with the filling at the same time, which causes the cookies to really absorb the grease even more and then stick together and stay together.
I'm thinking that keeping the oreos complete, you could omit the butter (or reduce it A LOT) and use the white filling as your grease/liquid. If it's too dry and doesn't stick together enough to form the crust, then just add a little drizzle of butter until it's the right consistency. If it's too moist, just add a couple more cookies without the white part.
To make sure it works I'd probably try it with a couple of cookies formed into a little patty and put that in the oven for 15 minutes. If it doesn't come together, apparently my theory doesn't work, if it stays together you have an oreo-cookie-cookie you can eat and just call it practice :-)
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<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DI know people using nilla wafers, digestive biscuits (really good actually as a crust), basically any 'dry' cookie whoudl work. Oatmeal cookies should probably work too. I have no idea what maria biscuits (as they're called in NL) are called elsewhere (really plain no frills cookies), but those work really well too.
No idea what you can easily get in AU, but that's what I'm coming up with right now.
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<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DI make my own graham crackers, but when I'm in a rush I tend to use digestives, nice biscuits or shortbread.